Zhyler Vowel Harmony

    I remember I said this morning I would post something on the vowel
harmony and the verbs.  Where does the time go...
    Anyway, here's the vowel harmony.  They're listed in order of the
frequency of their occurrence (i.e., /I/ occurs most frequently, /A/ the next
most frequently, etc.).  And, again, the capitalized letters are
underspecified vowels which gain their specification in the environments
listed.  Also, the V(CC) environment really should be different, but I don't
know how to list it.  The underspecified vowel looks to the last vowel of the
root to gain its specification, not the previous vowel.  Here's the list
(appologies if it doesn't line up--oh, and [a] is a back vowel):

        i.) /I/ >   [i] / V(CC)_, V=front, unround
                    >   [y] / V(CC)_, V=front, round
                    >   [M] / V(CC)_, V=back, unround
                    >   [u] / V(CC)_, V=back, round
        ii.) /A/    >   [a] / V(CC)_, V=back
                    >   [e] / V(CC)_, V=front
        iii.) /X/   >   [o] / V(CC)_, V=-high, round
                    >   [e] / V(CC)_, V=-high, unround
                    >   [i] / V(CC)_, V=high, unround
                    >   [u] / V(CC)_, V=high, round
        iv.) /J/    >   [u] / V(CC)_, V=high, round
                    >   [M] / V(CC)_, V=high, unround
                    >   [o] / V(CC)_, V=-high, round
                    >   [a] / V(CC)_, V=-high, unround
        v.) /W/ >   [M] / V(CC)_, V=back
                    >   [i] / V(CC)_, V=front
        vi.) /Q/    >   [u] / V(CC)_, V=high
                    >   [o] / V(CC)_, V=-high
        vii.) /Y/   >   [y] / V(CC)_, V=high
                    >   [9] / V(CC)_, V=-high
        viii.) /F/  >   [i] / V(CC)_, V=high
                    >   [e] / V(CC)_, V=-high
        ix.) /B/    >   [M] / V(CC)_, V=high
                    >   [a] / V(CC)_, V=-high
        x.) /R/ >   [i] / V(CC)_, V=high, unround
                    >   [y] / V(CC)_, V=high, round
                    >   [e] / V(CC)_, V=-high, unround
                    >   [9] / V(CC)_, V=-high, round
        xi.) /E/    >   [e] / V(CC)_, V=front, unround
                    >   [9] / V(CC)_, V=front, round
                    >   [a] / V(CC)_, V=back, unround
                    >   [o] / V(CC)_, V=back, round
        xii.) /O/   >   [o] / V(CC)_, V=back
                    >   [9] / V(CC)_, V=front
        xiii.) /U/  >   [u] / V(CC)_, V=back
                    >   [y] / V(CC)_, V=front
        xiv.) /N/   >   [M] / V(CC)_, V=high, unround
                    >   [y] / V(CC)_, V=high, round
                    >   [a] / V(CC)_, V=-high, unround
                    >   [9] / V(CC)_, V=-high, round

-David

"fawiT, Gug&g, tSagZil-a-Gariz, waj min DidZejsat wazid..."
"Soft, driven, slow and mad, like some new language..."
                    -Jim Morrison

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